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Attar of Nishapur
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Attar of Nishapur

Sufi and poet

Born March 1145 · died 26 April 1221, aged 76
Also known as Faríd-Uddín Attar

Who was alive at the same time as Attar of Nishapur?

  1. Bernard of Clairvaux, c. 1091 – 1153
  2. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  3. Muhammad al-Idrisi, c. 1110 – c. 1167
  4. Frederick Barbarossa, 1122 – 1190
  5. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  6. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  7. Maimonides, c. 1137 – 1204
  8. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  9. Nizami Ganjavi, c. 1141 – c. 1209
  10. Attar of Nishapur, 1145 – 1221
  11. Richard I of England, 1157 – 1199
  12. Pope Innocent III, 1160s – 1216
  13. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  14. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  15. John, King of England, 1166 – 1216
  16. Shota Rustaveli, 1172 – 1216
  17. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  18. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  19. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  20. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  21. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  22. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  23. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  24. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294

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When Attar of Nishapur was born, Saladin was 6 or 7, Averroes was 18, Zhu Xi was 14, Frederick Barbarossa was 22 and Henry II of England was 11 or 12.

When Attar of Nishapur died, Genghis Khan was 58, Rumi was 13, Kublai Khan was 5, Louis IX of France was 6 or 7 and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was 26.

Born during Attar of Nishapur’s lifetime: Genghis Khan, Rumi, Francis of Assisi, Saadi Shirazi, Richard I of England, Kublai Khan, Shota Rustaveli and Pope Innocent III.

Not quite contemporaries: Thomas Aquinas was born about 4 years after Attar of Nishapur died, Omar Khayyam died about 14 years before Attar of Nishapur was born, Peter Abelard died about 3 years before Attar of Nishapur was born and Pope Boniface VIII was born about 14 years after Attar of Nishapur died.

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The 71 best-known contemporaries

71 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Attar of Nishapur. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1183.

  1. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  2. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  3. Saladin 1138 – 1193
  4. Francis of Assisi c. 1182 – 1226
  5. Averroes 1126 – 1198
  6. Zhu Xi 1130 – 1200
  7. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  8. Hildegard of Bingen c. 1098 – 1179
  9. Richard I of England 1157 – 1199
  10. Maimonides c. 1137 – 1204
  11. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  12. Frederick Barbarossa 1122 – 1190
  13. Shota Rustaveli 1172 – 1216
  14. Pope Innocent III 1160s – 1216
  15. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  16. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  17. John, King of England 1166 – 1216
  18. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  19. Bernard of Clairvaux c. 1091 – 1153
  20. Nizami Ganjavi c. 1141 – c. 1209
  21. Muhammad al-Idrisi c. 1110 – c. 1167
  22. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  23. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  24. Pope Alexander III c. 1100 – 1181
  25. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  26. Henry II of England 1133 – 1189
  27. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  28. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  29. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  30. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  31. Pope Gregory VIII 1100s – 1187
  32. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  33. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  34. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  35. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  36. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  37. Dominic de Guzmán c. 1172 – 1221
  38. Pope Celestine III 1106 – 1198
  39. Louis VII of France 1120 – 1180
  40. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  41. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  42. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  43. Chrétien de Troyes c. 1130s – c. 1180s
  44. Pope Lucius III 1110 – 1185
  45. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  46. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  47. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  48. Manuel I Komnenos 1118 – 1180
  49. Louis VIII of France 1187 – 1226
  50. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  51. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  52. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  53. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  54. Anna Komnene 1083 – c. 1154
  55. Afonso I of Portugal c. 1109 – 1185
  56. Geoffrey of Monmouth c. 1101 – c. 1155
  57. Stephen, King of England 1095 – 1154
  58. Thomas Becket c. 1119 – 1170
  59. Eleanor of Aquitaine 1124 – 1204
  60. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  61. Empress Matilda c. 1102 – 1167
  62. Bhāskara II c. 1114 – c. 1185
  63. Saxo Grammaticus c. 1150 – c. 1213
  64. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  65. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  66. Abdul Qadir Gilani 1078 – 1166
  67. Tamar of Georgia 1166 – 1213
  68. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230
  69. Elizabeth of Hungary 1207 – 1231
  70. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  71. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240